Manos Mavrakis

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
34 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Manos Mavrakis is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Manos Mavrakis has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Molecular Biology, 17 papers in Cell Biology and 6 papers in Biophysics. Recurrent topics in Manos Mavrakis's work include Fungal and yeast genetics research (11 papers), Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (10 papers) and Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (8 papers). Manos Mavrakis is often cited by papers focused on Fungal and yeast genetics research (11 papers), Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (10 papers) and Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (8 papers). Manos Mavrakis collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Netherlands. Manos Mavrakis's co-authors include Guy Schoehn, Frédéric Iseni, Florence Baudin, Annie Barge, R. W. H. Ruigrok, Jennifer Lippincott‐Schwartz, Richa Rikhy, Sophie Brasselet, Danielle Blondel and Rob W.H. Ruigrok and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and The Journal of Cell Biology.

In The Last Decade

Manos Mavrakis

32 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Characterization of the piRNA Complex from Rat Testes

2006 638 citations Frédéric Iseni, Guy Schoehn et al. profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Manos Mavrakis France	23	1.3k	475	445	325	262	34	2.3k
Nihal Altan‐Bonnet United States	27	1.8k 1.4×	692 1.5×	342 0.8×	705 2.2×	1.1k 4.2×	43	3.7k
Jean‐Marie Bourhis France	23	945 0.7×	165 0.3×	133 0.3×	708 2.2×	336 1.3×	38	2.0k
Nathan M. Sherer United States	24	1.2k 0.9×	316 0.7×	136 0.3×	570 1.8×	411 1.6×	65	2.7k
Violaine Moreau France	28	1.7k 1.3×	1.7k 3.5×	137 0.3×	370 1.1×	79 0.3×	59	3.2k
Gwénaël Rabut France	20	2.3k 1.8×	716 1.5×	97 0.2×	219 0.7×	124 0.5×	28	2.9k
Charlotta Funaya Germany	19	1.3k 1.0×	461 1.0×	620 1.4×	230 0.7×	191 0.7×	32	1.9k
Andrés Alcover France	41	1.5k 1.1×	536 1.1×	68 0.2×	347 1.1×	220 0.8×	95	4.7k
Gavin S. Wilkie United Kingdom	28	1.4k 1.1×	238 0.5×	186 0.4×	820 2.5×	274 1.0×	55	2.7k
Martin Schorb Germany	15	1.4k 1.1×	543 1.1×	62 0.1×	154 0.5×	252 1.0×	29	2.3k
Russell J. Diefenbach Australia	29	887 0.7×	305 0.6×	93 0.2×	1.2k 3.8×	150 0.6×	62	2.7k

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LeGoff, Loïc, et al.. (2025). Septins in animal tissue architecture: more than just peanuts. Current Opinion in Cell Biology. 94. 102525–102525.

Werner, Michael E., et al.. (2025). Animal septins contain functional transmembrane domains. Current Biology. 35(8). 1910–1917.e5. 1 indexed citations

Mavrakis, Manos & M. Angeles Juanes. (2023). The compass to follow: Focal adhesion turnover. Current Opinion in Cell Biology. 80. 102152–102152. 29 indexed citations

Cicco, Aurélie Di, Bassam Hajj, François Iv, et al.. (2022). Bottom-Up <em>In Vitro</em> Methods to Assay the Ultrastructural Organization, Membrane Reshaping, and Curvature Sensitivity Behavior of Septins. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 1 indexed citations

Valades‐Cruz, Cesar Augusto, et al.. (2022). 4polar-STORM polarized super-resolution imaging of actin filament organization in cells. Nature Communications. 13(1). 301–301. 54 indexed citations

Mavrakis, Manos, et al.. (2022). Septin filament compaction into rings requires the anillin Mid2 and contractile ring constriction. Cell Reports. 39(3). 110722–110722. 11 indexed citations

Iv, François, et al.. (2022). Purification and Quality Control of Recombinant Septin Complexes for Cell-Free Reconstitution. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 1 indexed citations

Iv, François, Cyntia Taveneau, Pascale Barbier, et al.. (2021). Insights into animal septins using recombinant human septin octamers with distinct SEPT9 isoforms. Journal of Cell Science. 134(15). 24 indexed citations

Iv, François, Danièle Salaün, Yuxiang Liu, et al.. (2021). Septin-microtubule association via a motif unique to isoform 1 of septin 9 tunes stress fibers. Journal of Cell Science. 135(1). 17 indexed citations

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Mavrakis, Manos, et al.. (2020). Mitochondrial morphology and activity regulate furrow ingression and contractile ring dynamics inDrosophilacellularization. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 31(21). 2331–2347. 8 indexed citations

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Mavrakis, Manos, Feng‐Ching Tsai, & Gijsje H. Koenderink. (2016). Purification of recombinant human and Drosophila septin hexamers for TIRF assays of actin–septin filament assembly. Methods in cell biology. 136. 199–220. 12 indexed citations

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Mavrakis, Manos, Feng‐Ching Tsai, José Alvarado, et al.. (2014). Septins promote F-actin ring formation by crosslinking actin filaments into curved bundles. Nature Cell Biology. 16(4). 322–334. 176 indexed citations

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Mavrakis, Manos, Richa Rikhy, & Jennifer Lippincott‐Schwartz. (2009). Plasma Membrane Polarity and Compartmentalization Are Established before Cellularization in the Fly Embryo. Developmental Cell. 16(1). 93–104. 93 indexed citations

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Bossis, Ioannis, Laure Cazabat, Manos Mavrakis, et al.. (2008). Protein Kinase A Effects of an Expressed PRKAR1A Mutation Associated with Aggressive Tumors. Cancer Research. 68(9). 3133–3141. 51 indexed citations

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Mavrakis, Manos, Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz, Constantine A. Stratakis, & Ioannis Bossis. (2007). mTOR Kinase and the Regulatory Subunit of Protein Kinase A (PRKAR1A) Spatially and Functionally Interact during Autophagosome Maturation. Autophagy. 3(2). 151–153. 29 indexed citations

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Frescas, David, Manos Mavrakis, Holger Lorenz, Robert DeLotto, & Jennifer Lippincott‐Schwartz. (2006). The secretory membrane system in the Drosophila syncytial blastoderm embryo exists as functionally compartmentalized units around individual nuclei. The Journal of Cell Biology. 173(2). 219–230. 64 indexed citations

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Mavrakis, Manos, Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz, Constantine A. Stratakis, & Ioannis Bossis. (2006). Depletion of type IA regulatory subunit (RIα) of protein kinase A (PKA) in mammalian cells and tissues activates mTOR and causes autophagic deficiency. Human Molecular Genetics. 15(19). 2962–2971. 85 indexed citations

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Mavrakis, Manos, Frédéric Iseni, Catherine Mazza, et al.. (2003). Isolation and Characterisation of the Rabies Virus N°-P Complex Produced in Insect Cells. Virology. 305(2). 406–414. 46 indexed citations

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Mavrakis, Manos, Larissa Kolesnikova, Guy Schoehn, Stephan Becker, & Rob W.H. Ruigrok. (2002). Morphology of Marburg Virus NP–RNA. Virology. 296(2). 300–307. 66 indexed citations

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Schoehn, Guy, Frédéric Iseni, Manos Mavrakis, Danielle Blondel, & Rob W.H. Ruigrok. (2001). Structure of Recombinant Rabies Virus Nucleoprotein-RNA Complex and Identification of the Phosphoprotein Binding site. Journal of Virology. 75(1). 490–498. 76 indexed citations

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